Mr. Ali Aminvand Acquires Full Ownership of Al-Jamil Optical

 

On 3 May 2019, Al-Jamil Optical held its annual gathering in Sharq, Kuwait City.

Since its advent, Al-Jamil Optical has maintained its tradition of holding a convention with all of its employees at least once a year. The agenda of this assemblage is to keep everyone intact with Al-Jamil Optical’s strategic stance on future endeavors and to give their employees a heads up for to what’s to come. Mr. Ali Aminvand, Owner of Al-Jamil Optical and Ms. Mahnaz Nekakhtar, CEO of Al-Jamil Optical, addressed the audience by giving a brief about the above-mentioned strategies. (more…)

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World Optometry Day exhibition sheds light on eye disease

World Optometry Day Exhibition, An-Najah University, Palestine

In light of the World Optometry Day, the Optometry Department of An-Najah National University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in Palestine organized the World Optometry Day Exhibition on March 23, 2019.

Spearheaded by Dr. Ithar Beshtawi, Educator and Head of the Optometry Department at An-Najah National University, the exhibition aimed at raising students’ and visitors’ awareness (more…)

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World Optometry Week

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Happy World Optometry Week! This year we would like to dive into the past and set the reel in motion years back. Technology has seeped its way into every industry, let’s take a look at how the optic industry functioned before the advent of modern technology. (more…)

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Call for abstracts for MEACO’s 14th International Congress 2019

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The Jordanian Optometric Syndicate, in collaboration with EMCO, will participate and collaborate with the Jordanian Ophthalmological Society which will host the Middle East African Council of Ophthalmology (MEACO) 14th International Congress from 5-8 September 2019. (more…)

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The Glassmakers of Venice

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In the early 1200s in Venice, early craftsmen knew that shaping rock crystals into convex shapes could form “lapides ad legendum”, also called “oglarii di vitro”, or the so-called “stones for reading”. Regular use of these reading stones dated back to 1000 AD. However, the Capitulary of the Guild of “Crystal Craftsmen” allowed the use of these (more…)

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Brien Holden Vision Institute addresses factory workers eye health

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Attendees of the dissemination event hosted at Brien Holden Vision Insitute.

DURBAN, South Africa — A dissemination event was hosted at the Brien Holden Vision Institute office on June 23, 2018, in Durban. Prof Kovin Naidoo, CEO of Brien Holden Vision Institute and the Principal Investigator for the Work Productivity Study Research, presented the results to factory workers and factory managers who attended the event. (more…)

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2018 ISGEO Congress to be held in Hyderabad, India

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The 2018 ISGEO Congress will be held on 11-12 September 2018, in Hyderabad, India. This will take place a few days before the IAPB Council of Members which is being held in Hyderabad from 15-16 September. (more…)

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Brien Holden Vision Institute CEO to receive honorary degrees

NEW YORK CITY – Dr. Kovin Naidoo, chief executive officer of the Brien Holden Vision Institute (Australia), will receive the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry for making lasting contributions to eye and vision care. He will join the College’s graduating class on Thursday, May 24, at the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan during the 2018 commencement ceremony. (more…)

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Keeping your eyes healthy this holiday


Seasons greetings! As the weather gets colder everyone gets busy. Your eyes have to last you a lifetime, so taking care of them is incredibly important. Your lifestyle can cause significant strain on your eye health and can have a harmful effect on your sight, especially as you grow older. Here are some Tips to take good care of your eye health…
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Drinking hot tea every day linked to lower glaucoma risk

Glaucoma causes fluid pressure to build up inside the eye (intraocular pressure), damaging the optic nerve. It is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide, and currently affects 57.5 million people, and is expected to increase to 65.5 million by 2020.
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